2. For All Mankind - The Life And Career of Mick Foley
Hardcore Legend, Best-selling author, and now a successful stand up comedian as well- I guess it is safe to say that Mick Foley wears a lot of hats. This DVD feature offers a great insight into Mick Foley's psyche and personality and allows viewers to understand exactly how he manages to do all these things simultaneously and more impressively do them all at such a high level. It also offers a great glimpse at Mick's life outside wrestling and paints a very engaging and accurate picture of what Mick Foley the person is all about. The Good: A comprehensive overview of Mick Foley's entire wrestling career ranging from his AWA days, to WCW, Japan and finally the WWE. Wrestling fans are sure to enjoy the various stories and anecdotes narrated by a host of eminent personalities from the wrestling business and all the little tidbits and nuggets of information contained in them. Also, this DVD offers great insight into the creative thought process behind the evolution of his character in the WWE from the mutilated freak who started out as a monstrous heel to the strangely sympathetic oddball babyface character that he would later become, not to mention the ground breaking "3 Faces of Foley" angle with Dude Love and Cactus Jack as well which was personally very fascinating to me. This also has a lot of rare and exclusive footage from his tenures with AWA and his excessively brutal matches from Japan and elsewhere which are sure to captivate those who enjoy that sort of thing. The wrestling related stuff aside, my main parameter in judging the various DVDs on this list has been how much the DVD revealed about the person behind the character. And this particular DVD aced it in that particular criterion. There is a whole lot of other stuff here that tells us so much about Mick as a person ranging from his relationship with his family and close friends, to his other creative and philanthropic endeavors outside wrestling and aided by a variety of exclusive footage and cool segments, this is clearly the best part of the feature and which any true Mick Foley fan or wrestling fan in general would appreciate. The Not-so-Good: Mick Foley is arguably one of the greatest promo men the business has ever seen. From his unforgettable Cane Dewey to the memorable anti-hardcore promos in ECW, Mick Foley has cut promos which have captivated millions worldwide and will be the subject of study for aspiring wrestlers for generations to come. Therefore it is very sad that these promos are not discussed in as much detail as one would have liked. Also, a lot of the pre-WWE stuff is very brief and not dealt with in as much detail as it should have. What hurt this DVD in my opinion was that it came after several autobiographical novels written by Mick Foley on his life sharing his experiences and thoughts which were much more detailed than the coverage of the DVD feature. Hence, a lot of the material felt old and recycled especially the wrestling related part. This alone knocks this feature down to position 2. Otherwise, this is easily one of the most must-buy DVD's for any wrestling fan's collection and one of the best features produced by the WWE.